The Planning (Local Development Plan) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 No. 62

PART 7 N.I. Intervention by the Department

Intervention by the Department N.I.

28.—(1) This regulation applies if the Department gives a direction under section 15(1).

(2) The Department must—

(a) give notice by local advertisement that it has given a direction under section 15(1), and

(b) publish the direction on its website.

(3) The council must—

(a) make the direction available for inspection during normal office hours at—

(i) its principal offices, and

(ii) such other places within its district as it considers appropriate; and

(b) publish the direction on its website.

Department's default power N.I.

29.—(1) Where the Department intends to prepare or revise a development plan document under section 16 it must—

(a) give notice by local advertisement of its intention to do so, and

(b) publish a statement of that fact on its website.

(2) Such provisions of—

(a) Part 2 of the 2011 Act, and

(b) these Regulations;

as are relevant to the preparation or revision of the development plan document apply, subject to the necessary modifications, to the Department as they apply to a council.